Harbhajan’s opinion on ASIA CUP team selection, advocated to include this player, said- ‘All-format player is a boy’
The Asia Cup is 2025 close and the biggest question is whether Test captain Shubman Gill will get a place in Team India’s T20 Squad? Statistics question Gill’s strike rate, but former India all-rounder Harbhajan Singh believes that Gill is not only a run machine, but an all-format star, who has the ability to change the game in T20 cricket as well.
As the appreciation of the selection of India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad is getting closer, the same discussion among the cricket fans is loud, will Shubman Gill get a place in India’s T20 team? The current batting line-up is already filled with batsmen. Names such as Abhishek Sharma (193.84), Suryakumar Yadav (167.07), Yashasvi Jaiswal (164.31), Hardik Pandya (141.67), Tilak Verma (155.07) and Sanju Samson (152.38) are the cause of fear for any bowler at the moment.
In the midst of all this, Gill’s strike rate (139.27) seems to be somewhat faded, but former India’s off -spinner and commentator Harbhajan Singh believes that the story is not so easy. He said in a conversation with the Times of India, “T20 is not just a six-six game. When Shubman comes on an attack, he can compete with anyone. The basic of his batting is so strong that he can score runs in every format.”
Gill’s IPL record tells his class himself. He scored continuously in several seasons and also won the Orange Cap. Bhajji said, “It is not available to luck. Shubman can also play at a strike rate of 160. Yes, there are explosive players like Sky, Tilak and Abhishek in the team, but Gill -like batter that can also do anchor and change gear, it is very important.”
Bhajji even put his 15 in front of India’s Asia Cup, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ryan Parag, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.
This Asia Cup will also be special because for the first time after nearly two decades, Team India will land on the ground without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in a multi-team tournament. Both veterans have said goodbye to cricket after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025.
